Heart of Glass

A small Bavarian village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of the works dies suddenly without revealing the secret of the Ruby Glass, the town slides into a deep depression, and the owner of the glassworks becomes obssessed with the lost secret.

Cast

Josef Bierbichler

as Hias

Stefan Güttler

as Hüttenbesitzer

Clemens Scheitz

as Adalbert, the servant

Sonja Skiba

as Ludmilla

Volker Prechtel

as Wudy

Brunhilde Klöckner

as Paulin

Wolf Albrecht

as Sam

Thomas Binkley

as Lute player

Janos Fischer

as Ägide

Wilhelm Friedrich

as

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